the Canadian Medical Protective Association, which has $3.2 billion in funds heavily subsidized by the province through
Ontario doctors, should be subject to regular audits by the Auditor
General and be required to make public how much it pays out to injured
patients and how much it is spending on legal costs to defend doctors..........
More:
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/10/01/mds-legal-insurer-should-be-made-accountable.html
CIN is a non-profit Advocate for Insurance and Health Care Reform. Postings are cut/paste from other sources. @Cinsurancenews #rally4accidentvictims #ABPetition #CPPbacklog
Sunday, December 6, 2015
Stress load on family caregivers in Ontario doubles in four years
TORONTO -- A new report
says the stress load on people helping to care for an elderly or sick
family member or friend has more than doubled in Ontario in the past
four years...
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OTLA: Updated study shows Ontario auto insurance is "fundamentally broken"
TORONTO, Oct. 15, 2015 /CNW/ - An updated study released today provides alarming new data on auto insurance in Ontario.
The study, conducted by York University Schulich School of Business Professors Fred Lazar and Eli Prisman, reveals that consumers likely overpaid by $1.5 billion in the last two years alone. This includes overpayments of $700 million (or about $100 for each insurance policy) in 2014 on top of the $840 million ($120 per policy) in 2013......
More:
http://news.morningstar.com/
The study, conducted by York University Schulich School of Business Professors Fred Lazar and Eli Prisman, reveals that consumers likely overpaid by $1.5 billion in the last two years alone. This includes overpayments of $700 million (or about $100 for each insurance policy) in 2014 on top of the $840 million ($120 per policy) in 2013......
More:
http://news.morningstar.com/
Ontarians pay more than double in car insurance
The price of car insurance is always a hot topic in this province. It
costs Ontarians more than double to drive here, than anywhere else in
Canada. New figures released today show rates have fallen marginally,
less than 1%… and now an independent report found the auto insurance
industry is raking in large government guaranteed profits. As Kate
Carnegie reports, the liberals admitted today they have more work to do
to lower the rates for drivers....
More:
http://www.chch.com/ontarians-
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http://www.chch.com/ontarians-
OHIP subsidizes 81% of the CMPA fees
last year taxpayers paid almost $200 million to subsidize the legal
defences of doctors sued civilly or involved in regulatory claims. This
figure is projected to keep rising.
Some suggest that given this taxpayer funding there should be accountability and transparency on how the CMPA spends its money.
More:
http://otlablog.com/reducing-taxpayers-dollars-means-the-cmpa-taking-a-different-litigation-approach/
Some suggest that given this taxpayer funding there should be accountability and transparency on how the CMPA spends its money.
More:
http://otlablog.com/reducing-taxpayers-dollars-means-the-cmpa-taking-a-different-litigation-approach/
Accident Victim or MVA Professional? Help us Rate Auto Insurance Companies
Since auto insurance is mandatory in Ontario, information
on how these companies rank should be made available. We have created
two surveys to collect this information.....
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Orillia woman involved in serious collision slams province’s planned changes to insurance industry
Tammy Kirkwood said the province’s plan to reduce
auto-insurance benefits that was passed as part of the budget earlier
this year will severely hurt crash victims requiring extensive care....
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College of physicians and surgeons shares information with police about MDs' alleged criminal acts
For the first time, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario
has started forwarding decisions of its disciplinary committee to
police when potential criminal acts by doctors ......
More:
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/
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http://ottawacitizen.com/news/
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Social Security Tribunal OUT OF SERVICE Backlog
The rush to relieve
the backlog of thousands is on at the Social Security Tribunal of
Canada.
The New Minister
Pierre Poilievre Responsible for taking care of the backlog (that
this blogger has contacted, but had no response from) has not gotten
rid of the backlog of Appeals.
Someone called. We
could not make it out. Someone called again, it was the Social
Security Tribunal of Canada, her message said “if your matter has
already been completed then you can disregard this call” “otherwise
you can call us” and left an OUT OF SERVICE NUMBER 1-877-277-8577.
NO NAMES ARE POSTED
ON THIS PAGE AT THIS TIME
Minister Jason Kenny
said the backlog of thousands would be gone by this summer.
I emailed the Social
Security Tribunal and was informed that I had been given the wrong
number by them and it should have been 1-877-227-8577.
To make matters
worse the email he replied back to me with quoted someone else s case
number! Not mine!
Am I in the twilight
zone?
I was a MVA victim
in 2007 after a fatal 3 car crash. My application for CPP Disability
Benefits was launched in 2008. I still have not received a complete
copy of my file, and a lot of what they have sent me so far, is
unreadable to any human. At least they didn't leave my medical-legal
file on a bench in front of our house unattended this time.
The latest opinion
from xxxx the Medical Adjudicator at Service Canada in August was
that I have not established a Disability that is “Severe and Prolonged”.The (hired gun)
Adjudicator out of the Chatham office goes on to say that I did not provide any medical
documentation to support my Disability.
They have however
acknowledged receipt of my 105 page fax to them with the case file
number GD37-1. The fax included the Ontario Superior Court of Justice
Mediation Brief that included medical documentation to support a
finding of a “severe disability”.
My submitted Doctors findings should
not be taken lightly as they come from respectable sources.
One
submission in the Brief is from a Doctor with a 25 year career in the
hospital sector focusing on neurological disorders, schizophrenia,
and pediatric brain injury and pediatric oncology including
consultation to the hospital MS Clinic an acute psychotic disorders
clinic. He has a long career in psychological research and scientific
publication and presentation. He has published in the areas of
chronic insomnia, neurohorrnoes in schizuphrenia, metabolic brain
imaging in schizophrenia (positron emission tomography), and
neuropsychology of schizophrenia. He carries out psychological
asssessment and treatment, supervises clinicians, and carries out
psycho legal and multidisiplinary-legal assessments and testifies at
Arbitrations and Court. He was the Director of the Hamilton
Medical-Legal Society and past President. He has been co-chairman of
the Ontario Psychological Association Task Force on Auto Insurance.
He was appointed by the Minister of Finance to the Accident Benefits
Advisory Committee for Bill 164. He was appointed by the Minister of
Finance to be a member of the Ministers Committee on the Designated
Assessment Center System for Bill 59 and held the position for a
year. He was appointed to the Expert Panel reviewing the Catastrophic
Impairment SABS. He was a founding member of the Canadian Academy of
Psychologists in Disability Assessment (CAPDA). He received the Karl
Heiser Presidential Award from the American Psychological Association
and the Ontario Psychological Association Award for his advocacy
efforts on behalf of professional psychology. He received the OPA
Lifetime Achievment Award.
Other medical-legal
documentation provided to the Social Security Tribunal was from a
doctor whos is a registered psychologist with areas of competence in
rehabilitation and clinical psychology. He is a partner at a
psychology clinic and assessment centre. His doctoral degree is in
Clinical Psychology, with a minor in Health Psychology. He has a post
graduate diploma program (DESS) through the University of Montreal
Faculty of Medicine in Insurance Medicine and Medicolegal Expertise.
He has a Master of Science in Community Counselling with specialized
training in vocational assessment and counselling. His doctoral
training included assessment, diagnosis and treatment of severe
mental and behaviour disorders in private and public psychiatric
inpatient hospital settings, as well as sheltered workshops. He has
also performed disability assessments for patients with severe mental
disorders applying for Social Security Disability. As a clinical
psychologist, he worked in several chronic care facilities,
assessing, diagnosing and treating patients with severe psychological
disorders, including psychotic and severe mood disorders. Upon
immigrating to Canada he has re specialized in rehabilitation
psychology. He since has performed hundreds of psychological
disability assessments in relation to M.V.A, WSIB, and other personal
injury contexts. He was on the FSCO roster for Post 104 and
Catastrophic disability assessors, and has performed hundreds of
Catastrophic, Post-I 04 disability and psycho-vocational
assessments. He has published scholarly works with respect to
catastrophic impairment, and created educational modules addressing
catastrophic impairment evaluation for psychological disability
assessors. disability and psycho-vocational assessments. He
delivered the 2010 Keynote Address to the British Psychological
Societys Division of Counselling Psychology on the intersection of
psychological assessment and the law. He has also edited two books on
the application of humanistic theory to psychological treatment and
has also published book chapters and articles in this area. He was
the President of the Canadian Academy of Psychologists in Disability
Assessment (CAPDA). He has been accepted as an expert witness in
Ontario courts. GD37-52
Their medical
documentation in the Brief supports a finding of a “chronic pain”
, “severe disability” , “severe depression” , “PTSD” ,
“suffers permanent and serious impairment” , I am “neither
exaggerating nor feigning” , “tends to minimize his complaints”
, “suffers a complete inability to engage in any employment for
which he is reasonably suited by education, training or experience”,
“is at a competitive disadvantage in the workforce”. GD37-33 /
GD37-34 / GD37-35 / GD37-37 /GD37-38
Also included was a
Chronic Pain Assessment from yet another doctor that states: “his
neck disability” , “suffered a significant functional, financial
and emotional loss” , “suffers from Degenerative Disc Disease in
his Cervical Spine, as well as debilitating Myofascial pain syndromes
in his cervical spine.” , “severe disability”, and “complete
disability” , “WADS III of the neck”. GD37 – 105 / GD37-23 /
GD37-25 / GD37-105.
Also included in the
Brief was yet another doctor report that states: “completely
disabled from any occupation to which he is suited by way of his
education, training or experience.” GD37-43
Another Doctors
report included in the Brief states: Overall, I am “not
employable”. GD37-32.
Rather that go long
winded in this post I submit that I have
provided enough medical documentation to establish my disability just
from the above doctors. You have the other reports and blog postings I will not duplicate them here.
Today I finally
received a date for my Appeal Hearing. The date on the notice was 39
days ago. The notice says that my hearing is not going to be until
2016, next year!
In this effort to
get rid of the backlog of thousands how many are getting run over.
What happened to the pledge to wipe out the backlog by this past
summer? How many Appellants are still backlogged at the Social
Security Tribunal of Canada?
If my Medical-legal
experts are good enough for the Ontario Superior Court, a mediator,
numerous doctors and lawyers, and 4 insurance companies they should be
good enough for Service Canada and the Social Security Tribunal. I
hope that the Tribunal Member that decides my appeal takes into
account my medical-legal evidence submitted here in from real Medical
experts, that
write the rules, and not Service Canada employees with an agenda.
Sincerely,
name removed
CPP Disability
Applicant since 2008,
MVA-Insurance-Victim
since 2007.
Thank you to all
those who help me with my writing and blogging and to those who
follow my blog. Unfortunately I have been diagnosed with astigmatism
and cataracts in my eyes recently. Advocating for MVA victims will
have to be less frequent. Seeing (reading and writing) has now been
added to my list of Medical problems.
THIS POSTING WAS SENT TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY TRIBUNAL OF CANADA NAME INCLUDED
Cc: undisclosed
Saturday, August 1, 2015
Social Security Tribunal appeal stacked against claimant
Monday, July 27, 2015
Social Security Tribunal appeal stacked against claimant
Via Facsimile 1-855-814-4117 Social Security Tribunal of Canada
RE: IN THE MATTER OF APPEAL GP-xx-xxx
Dear Social Security Tribunal:
I acknowledge receipt of a letter by xxx -IS Operations Manager, General Division Dated July 16, 2015 informing me that your are now “ready to proceed” with my Appeal.
I do not understand how you can be ready to proceed without fulfilling your obligation to provide me a copy of my previously requested file.
Until I am able to receive a complete copy of my file I am unable to proceed in defending myself and presenting the facts.
As you know my file represents the how, when, and why I have an appeal with you, and is the record of events for any future actions against the Social Security Tribunal in the event of the continuation of these unjust denials. Its all relevant. I wish to discuss with the Member assigned my file all relevant information regarding my file and my Appeal. So again, I kindly ask for an updated copy of my file.
Even if I am unsuccessful in my Appeal I still require everything that I sent to the Tribunal to be part of the record as it confirms and demonstrates the facts of my long journey through this preconceived nightmare designed to deny, humiliate and thoroughly frustrate legitimate victims that have already been threw enough interrogations from their insurance companies hired guns and wordhirelings. All orchestrated by the IBC and bad politicians that pray on the week, sick, and injured, for profit.
Doctors that don't stand up for legitimately injured patients are most to blame in this charade of politics and money makers. My 7 year Appeal process is just another example of an upside down world where the money doesn’t go to where its suppose to. Bad Doctors that don't properly investigate are at the core of the backlog problems at F.S.C.O, our courts, and the Social Security Tribunal of Canada.
As Service Canada has used my blogging (about them) as an excuse not to pay my disability benefits attached you will find my latest blog entry advocating for the thousands of people waiting at your Tribunal because of bad decisions by disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional Service Canada employees.
As you know my faxes to you and my blog still asks for the Chairperson of the Social Security Tribunal xxx to answers numerous, unanswered, questions.
I have no acknowledgement that the Chair is getting my correspondences. Is she receiving anything? Should I resend?
Also, will I be permitted to audio/video record my appeal hearing?
Finally, attached you will find my completed “Hearing Information Form”. You will notice that I have not answered the witness question at this time. What are the rules for witnesses?
I submit that anyone that has correspondences, investigations, or relevant knowledge of this appeal makes them a witness to this Appeal. Furthermore, is there a limit to the number of witnesses?
With my injuries, no consumer protection, no consultation or mind reading skills I continue to have difficult understanding why this process is designed so difficult for a legitimately injured person. You should all be ashamed.
Looking forward to hearing from you as soon as possible in this regard.
Thanks to all those who help me write my letters and blog postings since 2007.
Cc: undisclosed
Source: http://survivingacollision.blogspot.ca/2015/07/social-security-tribunal-appeal-stacked.html
Social Security Tribunal appeal stacked against claimant
Via Facsimile 1-855-814-4117 Social Security Tribunal of Canada
RE: IN THE MATTER OF APPEAL GP-xx-xxx
Dear Social Security Tribunal:
I acknowledge receipt of a letter by xxx -IS Operations Manager, General Division Dated July 16, 2015 informing me that your are now “ready to proceed” with my Appeal.
I do not understand how you can be ready to proceed without fulfilling your obligation to provide me a copy of my previously requested file.
Until I am able to receive a complete copy of my file I am unable to proceed in defending myself and presenting the facts.
As you know my file represents the how, when, and why I have an appeal with you, and is the record of events for any future actions against the Social Security Tribunal in the event of the continuation of these unjust denials. Its all relevant. I wish to discuss with the Member assigned my file all relevant information regarding my file and my Appeal. So again, I kindly ask for an updated copy of my file.
Even if I am unsuccessful in my Appeal I still require everything that I sent to the Tribunal to be part of the record as it confirms and demonstrates the facts of my long journey through this preconceived nightmare designed to deny, humiliate and thoroughly frustrate legitimate victims that have already been threw enough interrogations from their insurance companies hired guns and wordhirelings. All orchestrated by the IBC and bad politicians that pray on the week, sick, and injured, for profit.
Doctors that don't stand up for legitimately injured patients are most to blame in this charade of politics and money makers. My 7 year Appeal process is just another example of an upside down world where the money doesn’t go to where its suppose to. Bad Doctors that don't properly investigate are at the core of the backlog problems at F.S.C.O, our courts, and the Social Security Tribunal of Canada.
As Service Canada has used my blogging (about them) as an excuse not to pay my disability benefits attached you will find my latest blog entry advocating for the thousands of people waiting at your Tribunal because of bad decisions by disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional Service Canada employees.
As you know my faxes to you and my blog still asks for the Chairperson of the Social Security Tribunal xxx to answers numerous, unanswered, questions.
I have no acknowledgement that the Chair is getting my correspondences. Is she receiving anything? Should I resend?
Also, will I be permitted to audio/video record my appeal hearing?
Finally, attached you will find my completed “Hearing Information Form”. You will notice that I have not answered the witness question at this time. What are the rules for witnesses?
I submit that anyone that has correspondences, investigations, or relevant knowledge of this appeal makes them a witness to this Appeal. Furthermore, is there a limit to the number of witnesses?
With my injuries, no consumer protection, no consultation or mind reading skills I continue to have difficult understanding why this process is designed so difficult for a legitimately injured person. You should all be ashamed.
Looking forward to hearing from you as soon as possible in this regard.
Thanks to all those who help me write my letters and blog postings since 2007.
Cc: undisclosed
Source: http://survivingacollision.blogspot.ca/2015/07/social-security-tribunal-appeal-stacked.html
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